Profusa, Inc. and North Carolina State University’s ASSIST Center Awarded $1.5M NIH Grant to Co-Develop Ultrathin, Wearable, Wireless, Oxygen Monitor for Patients with Peripheral Artery Disease

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. and RALEIGH, N.C., February 6, 2017 — Profusa, Inc. and North Carolina State University’s ASSIST Center today announced their collaboration to develop an ultrathin flexible-patch reader worn on the skin for continuous wireless monitoring of tissue oxygen in patients undergoing treatment for peripheral artery disease (PAD) has been awarded a $1.5 […]

Profusa Featured At TEDMED The Hive

Presentation by Profusa’s CEO Ben Hwang at TEDMED The Hive on Thursday, December 1, 2016. What if we can design and control our physical well being?  

Profusa, Inc. Receives CE Mark to Market the Lumee Oxygen Platform™ for Continuous, Real-time Monitoring of Tissue Oxygen

First Clinical Application Aimed At Oxygen Monitoring of Compromised Tissues in PAD SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., October 3, 2016 — Profusa, Inc., a developer of tissue-integrated biosensors for continuous monitoring of body chemistry, today announced that it received the CE Mark to market its Lumee Oxygen Platform™ for continuous, real-time monitor­ing of tissue oxygen. The […]

Profusa, Inc. Awarded $7.5M DARPA Grant to Develop Tissue-integrated Biosensors for Continuous Monitoring of Multiple Body Chemistries

SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., July 12, 2016 — Profusa, Inc., a leading developer of tissue-integrated biosensors, today announced that it was awarded a $7.5 million dollar grant from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Army Research Office (ARO) to develop implantable biosensors for the simultaneous, continuous monitoring of multiple body chemistries. […]

Profusa to Showcase Tissue-integrated Sensors for Long-term Continuous Monitoring of Body Chemistry at the Pioneers Festival in Vienna

Lumee™ tissue-O2 monitoring system slated to be available this year in Europe SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., May 16, 2016 — Profusa, Inc. announced today that it was selected by Pioneers, the global business relationship builder, to showcase the company’s “wear-and-forget” Lumee™ biosensor technology at the Pioneers Festival held at the prestigious Hofburg Imperial Palace in […]

Profusa, Inc. Wins Silver at 2016 Edison Awards

Developer of Tissue-integrated Biosensors for Continuous Monitoring of Body Chemistry Garners Accolades for Innovative Design and Technology NEW YORK, April 22, 2016 — Profusa, Inc., based in South San Francisco, Calif., today announced that it was the recipient of the 2016 Edison Silver Award™ in the Health and Wellness – Wearable and Sensors category for […]

Profusa Inc. Names Bradley W. Rice, Ph.D., Vice President of Engineering R&D

Optics expert co-invented gold standard for pre-clinical uses of luminescent imaging SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., April 18, 2016 — Profusa, Inc., a leading developer of tissue-integrated biosensors, today announced that Bradley W. Rice, Ph.D., joined the company as vice president of engineering R&D, responsible for fluorescence-based detection devices and tissue optics research. With more than […]